Unit 02 Life in the Countryside Lesson 7 Looking back project

• use words/ phrases to describe life in the countryside • use comparative forms of adverbs of manner • pronounce words containing cluster /bl/ and /cl/ corectly in isolation and in sent[r]

English 8

PERIOD 15: LOOKING BACK AND PROJECT

Welcome to our class

1 Use the words and phrases in the box to describe the pictures Some words/ phrases may be used for more than one picture.

peaceful

vast

quiet

pasture

paddy field

quiet colourful paddy field harvest time rice

peaceful vast quiet nomadic life inconvenient ger

pasture cattle horses

2 Look at each picture and write a sentence describing what each person is doing Use the verbs in brackets.

1 (ride) A boy is riding a

horse.

2 (herd) A man is herding

his cattle / sheep.

3 (pick) A girl is picking

apples (from an apple tree).

A boy is flying a kite.

4 (fly) 5 (run around) 6 (collect)

The children are running around

in the fields / countryside A woman is collecting water

from the river.

3 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences, using suitable comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.

1 A lion runs a horse (fast)

2 The Great Wall was built the White House (early)

faster than

earlier than

4 A racing driver drives a normal motorist (skillfully)

3 Homes in the city are often _

furnished _ those in the

countryside (well)

5 A house is decorated at New Year _ during the year (beautifully)

better than more skillfully than

more beautifully than

4 Read the situations and complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs in brackets.

1 A horse can run 80km/hr while a camel can only run 12km/hr (fast)

→ A horse can run

2 According to a survey, 75% of the population in the countryside are happy with their life This rate in the city is only 47% (happily)

→ People in the countryside live

3 Unlike many other jobs, farmers depend heavily on the weather (heavily)

→ Farmers depend

4 We are both bad at swimming but I’m better than my sister (badly)

→ My sister swims

faster than a camel

more happily than those in the city

more heavily on the weather than people in many other jobs

worse than I do

5 Work in groups.

You are planning a trip to the countryside Work together and answer the question:

What will you do during the trip to the countryside?

Write the answer in the table below.

COMMUNICATION

Person’s name Activity

1.

2.

3.

4.

Report your findings to the class.

Finished! Now I can ✔ ✔✔ ✔✔✔

• use words/ phrases to describe

life in the countryside

• use comparative forms of adverbs

of manner

• pronounce words containing

cluster /bl/ and /cl/ corectly in

isolation and in sentences

• talk and write about life in the

countryside and ways it has

changed

Work in groups of four or five Take turns to draw a group picture of a place you would like to live in the countryside Then make a list of:

PROJECT

1 the things you have in your picture

2 the activities you can do there

Show your drawing to the class and talk about it.

Example:

1

• a wooden house

• a beautiful river

• a boat

• a field of wild flower

2

• biking along the river

• picking wild flowers

• swimming in the river

• boating on the river